Combo with "Verbal Advantage: Levels 1-10

Emendation

A correction, alteration, change made to correct or improve, especially a change made in a piece of writing to correct an error or restore the text to its original state

Nostrum

A quack remedy or medicine; a panacea; hence, a dubious or dishonest plan or scheme for curing a social or political problem

Scapegrace

A reckless and unprincipled reprobate

Martinet

A strict disciplinarian, taskmaster, rigid enforcer of rules and regulations

Imbroglio

A complicated or intricate situation; a difficult, perplexing state of affairs; also, a misunderstanding or disagreement of a complicated and confusing nature

Mordant

Biting, cutting, keen, sarcastic, scathing

Libertine

Characterized by a disregard of morality

Alacrity

Cheerful readiness, eagerness, or promptness in action or movement

Querulous

Complaining in a petulant or whining manner

Arrant

Complete, utter

Egregious

Conspicuously bad, remarkable or outstanding for some undesirable or offensive quality

Utilitarian

Designed to be useful or practical rather than attractive

Debauched

Destroy or debase the moral purity of; corrupt

Variegated

In a broad sense, varied, diverse, showing variety of character or form; spotted, streaked, or dapple; having marks or patches of different colors

Lithe

Thin, supple, and graceful

Reprobate

Thoroughly bad, wicked, corrupt, morally abandoned, lacking all sense of decency and duty

Succor

To aid, help, relieve, give assistance to in time of need or difficulty

Propitiate

To appease gain or regain the goodwill or favor of, cause to become favorably inclined

Desperado

A desperate or reckless person, esp. a criminal

Varlet

A man or boy acting as an attendant or servant

Rapscallion

A mischievous person

Blackguard

A person who behaves in a dishonorable or contemptible way

Malefactor

A person who commits a crime or some other wrong

Scofflaw

A person who flouts the law, esp. by failing to comply with a law that is difficult to enforce effectively

Sinecure

A position that provides a good income or salary but that requires little or no work; in colloquial terms, a cushy job

Predilection

A preference, partiality, preconceived liking, an inclination or disposition to favor something

Compunction

A twinge of regret caused by an uneasy conscience; a pang of guilt for a wrong done or for pain that one has caused another

Caduceus

A winged staff with two serpents coiled around it

Lesion

A wound, injury, infection, or harmful change in some part of the body

Benefice

An endowed church position or office that provides a member of the clergy with a fixed income or guaranteed living

Miscreant

An evil, unscrupulous, vicious person; someone without principles or conscience; a villain, criminal

Ne'er-do-well

An idle, irresponsible person

Epitaph

An inscription on a gravestone or tomb in memory of the person buried

Epigraph

An inscription; especially, an inscription on a building or monument, or a brief quotation at the beginning of a literary composition that suggests or is germane to its theme

Crotchet

An odd notion or whim that one clings to stubbornly

Pariah

An outcast; a person despised or rejected by society

Qualm

An uneasy feeling of doubt, worry, or fear; a misgiving

Cloy

Disgust or sicken (someone) with an excess of sweetness, richness, or sentiment

Wizened

Dried up, shriveled, withered, shrunken and wrinkled

Efficacy

Effectiveness; the power to produce a desired effect or result

Tantamount

Equivalent; having equal force, effect, or value

Virulent

Extremely severe or harmful in its effects

Spurious

False, counterfeit, artificial; not true, authentic, or genuine

Captious

Faultfinding, quick to point out faults or raise trivial objections

Nepotism

Favoritism shown to relatives

Lascivious

Feeling or revealing an overt and often offensive sexual desire

Truculent

Fierce, ferocious, especially in a brutal, bullying, threatening, or aggressively defiant way

Concupiscent

Filled with sexual desire; lustful

Blandishment

Flattering or coaxing speech or action; an ingratiating remark or gesture

Mellifluous

Flowing smoothly and sweetly, like honey

Quixotic

Foolishly impractical or idealistic, especially in an extravagantly chivalrous or romantic way; inclined to pursue lofty, unreachable goals or far-fetched, unworkable schemes

Prurient

Having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters

Lecherous

Having or showing excessive or offensive sexual desire

Monstrous

Having the ugly or frightening appearance of a monster

Ribald

Humorous in a mildly indecent, coarse, or vulgar way

Ineffable

Inexpressible, unable to be expressed or described in words

Dissolute

Lax in morals; licentious

Lickerish

Lecherous

Vapid

Lifeless, dull, boring, flat, stale; lacking spirit, interest, or flavor

Lissonme

Limber, flexible, moving with ease and grace

Extenuate

Make (guilt or an offense) seem less serious or more forgivable

Jejune

Naive, simplistic, and superficial

Passé

No longer fashionable; out of date

Stolid

Not easily moved, aroused, or excited; showing little or no feeling or sensitivity; mentally or emotionally dull, insensitive, or obtuse

Lubricious

Offensively displaying or intended to arouse sexual desire

Mercurial

Quick to change moods or change one's mind, having an unpredictable temperament

Germane

Relevant, fitting, appropriate, precisely to the point

Feral

Resembling a wild animal

Superannuated

Retired because of age, weakness, or ineffectiveness; old and worn out; outdated, outmoded, obsolete

Sate

Satisfy (a desire or an appetite) to the full

Licentious

Sexually abandoned; lacking moral restraint, especially in sexual conduct

Libidinous

Showing excessive sexual drive

Wizen

Shrinking and wrinkling from advanced age or malnutrition

Inane

Silly; stupid; not significant

Malapropos

Something inappropriately said or done

Acerbic

Sour, bitter, and harsh in flavor, tone or character

Addlepated

Stupid and confused

Suppositious

Substituted for the real thing; not genuine

Descant

Talk tediously or at length

Crochet

The form of needlework in which thread is looped with a hooked needle

Expurgate

To cleanse by removing offensive material, free from objectionable content

Expatiate

To elaborate, speak or write at great length

Suppurate

To fester, form or discharge pus

Exacerbate

To increase in bitterness or severity

Interpolate

To insert, introduce; specifically, to insert words into a piece of writing or a conversation

Palliate

To lessen the severity of, gloss over, make something seem less serious or severe

Emend

To make corrections in a text

Adduce

To offer or cite as a reason, as evidence, or as authority for an opinion or course of action

Obviate

To prevent, make unnecessary, meet and dispose of, clear out of the way

Bowdlerize

To remove material considered risqué, offensive, or obscene

Surfeit

To supply, fill, or feed to excess, especially to the point of discomfort, sickness, or disgust

Importune

To trouble or annoy with requests or demands, make urgent or persistent entreaties or solicitations

Salacious

Treating sexual matters in an indecent way

Immutable

Unchanging over time or unable to be changed

Intransigent

Uncompromising, refusing to come to an agreement, unwilling to modify one's position or give ground

Apropos

Very appropriate to a particular situation

Emolument

Wages, salary, payment received for work

Offal

Waste, garbage, refuse, rubbish

Volition

Will, choice, decision, determination

Sagacious

Wise, shrewd, perceptive; showing sound judgment and keen insight, especially in practical matters